Mount Blaurock is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,623-foot (4,152 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 21.1 miles (33.9 km) northwest by west (bearing 307°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3] Mount Blaurock was named in honor of Carl Blaurock, a co-founder of the Colorado Mountain Club and one of the first two persons to climb all of Colorado's fourteeners.[3]
| Mount Blaurock | |
|---|---|
 South aspect of Mt. Blaurock (center) (Ervin Peak to right) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,623 ft (4,152 m)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 436 ft (133 m)[2] |
| Parent peak | La Plata Peak[2] |
| Isolation | 1.62 mi (2.61 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 39°00′40″N 106°27′13″W / 39.0111039°N 106.4536381°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Blaurock | |
| Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[3] |
| Parent range | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks[2] |
| Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Elbert, Colorado[3] |
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References edit
- ^ a b The elevation of Mount Blaurock includes an adjustment of +1.995 m (+6.55 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mount Blaurock, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Mount Blaurock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
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- "Mount Blaurock & Ervin Peak". SummitPost.org.
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